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In May I was able to take further some exploration with using Unity to create visuals for a stage show. Ya Devi was a performance by Devika Rao Theatre, funded by the Arts Council and presented at the Stage, Leeds University - and it was an opportunity to create an improvised version of a previous unity prototype, into a visual for the show.

Behind the scenes video

Visual for show - ( not music used in performance )
The visual was a response to a music piece and choreography around 'Pain'. The abstact quality of the cloth at times - when dropping its weight vertically created a siloutte of a shawl.
From this pre-recorded visual, the dancer - Manuela Benini was able to choreograph her movement in response. This interactive cloth based visual, is ready to be driven by either wearable technology or VJed - and run in a live capacity.. but that brings its own technical challenges and risks during a live show. Part of my research for 2015/16 is to explore this in depth.

Lecturer at University of Salford teaching BA(Hons) Animation.
Her practice is Moving Image based, working with Performance and Stories - across screen and interactive media. She is also interested in the applied use of Creative Technologies.
Annabeth is also a member of the Leeds Creative Timebank - where she supports documentation of community and arts projects in the region.
Her work has been shown Internationally, notably as an Artist based in the virtual world of 'Second Life', where she is known as Angrybeth.
She also uses other Game Engines and 3D Virtual Worlds for educational purposes, and consults and helps design projects which use of game technology. Currently she is doing a collaboration with Leeds University's Earth Science Dept - to create Serious Games for Geology.
Her Real world website is at Annamorphic.net